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Graphology - ANS > The writing system and the presentation of language Phonetics, phonology and prosody - ANS > Speech sounds, sound effects and intonation Morphology - ANS > The structure of words Lexis - ANS > The vocabulary of a language Semantics - ANS &g...

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Terminology With Solutions
Graphology - ANS > The writing system and the presentation of language

Phonetics, phonology and prosody - ANS > Speech sounds, sound effects and
intonation

Morphology - ANS > The structure of words

Lexis - ANS > The vocabulary of a language

Semantics - ANS > The meaning of the vocabulary

Syntax - ANS > The relationships between words in sentences

Mode - ANS > The method of communication

Field - ANS > The subject matter

Function - ANS > The purpose of the communication

Audience - ANS > The relationship between writers/speakers and readers/listeners

Pragmatics - ANS > Variation in meaning, depending on context

Discourse - ANS > Extended texts (written or spoken) in their context

Non standard capitalisation - ANS > Irregular use of capital letters

Archaic language - ANS > Words that have fallen out of common usage

Semantic shift - ANS > The change in the meaning of a word from one thing to
something completely different

Inverted syntax - ANS > Sequence of words is rearranged to create an alternative
weighting on a sentence

Litotes - ANS > Deliberate downplaying of something for effect

synecdoche - ANS > Metaphor that states something is only a small constituent part
of itself eg 'got a new set of wheels'

Pathetic fallacy - ANS > When the weather or environment mirrors emotions

Common noun - ANS > Naming word for a thing that is tangible e.g 'tree'

, Abstract noun - ANS > Naming word for an idea, concept, something non tangible e.g
'love'

Proper noun - ANS > Naming word for a specific example of a common noun e.g
'Eiffel tower'

Verb - ANS > Word that represents an action or process

Active verb - ANS > A word that represents a physical action e.g 'jumping'

Stative verb - ANS > A word that represents an often mental process e.g 'thinking'

Auxiliary verb - ANS > Word that often has to go with another verb to create present
participles or future tense e.g 'I am going'

Modal verb - ANS > An auxiliary verb that expresses a degree of possibility or
necessity e.g 'I might go out'

Adjective - ANS > A word that modifies a noun

Adverb - ANS > Describing word that modifies all word groups excluding nouns

Superlative - ANS > An adjective that displays the most extreme value of its quality
e.g 'biggest'

Comparitive - ANS > An adjective that relates one thing to another in some way e.g
'bigger'

Definite article - ANS > Words like 'The' Introduces a noun phrase and implies that the
thing mentioned has already been mentioned

Indefinite article - ANS > Words like 'a' or 'an' Introduces a noun phrase and implies
that the thing referred to is non-specific

Pronoun - ANS > Word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence e.g 'him, her'

First person pronoun - ANS > 'I, us, we our'

Second person pronoun - ANS > 'You'

Third person pronoun - ANS > 'He, her, them, those'

Possesive pronoun - ANS > 'My, mine, yours, his, hers, theirs'

Demonstrative pronoun - ANS > 'This, that, those'

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